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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Cute. Love the inclusivity. Don’t love the repetitiveness. Also, a major pet peeve of mine is when characters say each other’s names out loud way too often. It was CONSTANT in this book. When have you ever had a conversation where you say the other person’s name every single time it’s your turn to talk? Little things like that were annoying, but ultimately, it was a sweet queer love story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Transphobia
Minor: Biphobia
I started out annoyed - one MC trips twice in the first couple chapters and I really hate the trope of the clumsy, but quirky, heroine (I've yet to meet anyone in real life so clumsy that they just randomly trip) and the second MC uses they/them and it kept confusing my brain. But the book quickly got better - my brain acclimated to they/them, the heroine isn't clumsy again, and I just really enjoyed the two main characters together. I also liked that although being nonbinary was a big part of one character's arc, the conflict between the two main characters wasn't related to that.
medium-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I’ve been down lately so Aurie forced me to read another sapphic romance to try and lift my spirits. It did in a lot of ways!
The “reality tv show dating” trope has really run rampant these past few years (I think I’ve read 4 or 5 in the last 2 years?) but this was the first time something I read took place on a cooking show and it was really sweet!
Loved the non-binary rep. If you like grumpy vs. sunshine you’ll like this a lot (it’s not really my thing but I know it’s a popular trope)
3.75/5 stars!
The “reality tv show dating” trope has really run rampant these past few years (I think I’ve read 4 or 5 in the last 2 years?) but this was the first time something I read took place on a cooking show and it was really sweet!
Loved the non-binary rep. If you like grumpy vs. sunshine you’ll like this a lot (it’s not really my thing but I know it’s a popular trope)
3.75/5 stars!
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
My first non-binary character and I really enjoyed it
I love me a good reality TV romance book.
I really liked both characters, I like the concept... I kind of just wish there was more... Something? More about the other contestants. More of the characters being together before they say I love you. I understood why London liked Dahlia, but I struggled a bit with when and how exactly Dahlia started liking London as more of a friend.
Things I did like: at the beginning of the book Dahlia talks a lot about the colours and the textures and the vibrancy in the food she makes, and has a good metaphor for onions that is brought up again at the end of the book. Loved that, kind of wish there was more of that.
Both characters have a problem with one of their parents (Dahlia that she feels her mother is disappointed in them, and London that their father keeps misgendering them), and I'm happy that before the book ends both characters confront their parents about these problems. I think more adult books should talk about parental conflicts like this, because you see it a lot in YA but not really in these sort of settings.
But yeah! Good book, will probably read it again one day.
I really liked both characters, I like the concept... I kind of just wish there was more... Something? More about the other contestants. More of the characters being together before they say I love you. I understood why London liked Dahlia, but I struggled a bit with when and how exactly Dahlia started liking London as more of a friend.
Things I did like: at the beginning of the book Dahlia talks a lot about the colours and the textures and the vibrancy in the food she makes, and has a good metaphor for onions that is brought up again at the end of the book. Loved that, kind of wish there was more of that.
Both characters have a problem with one of their parents (Dahlia that she feels her mother is disappointed in them, and London that their father keeps misgendering them), and I'm happy that before the book ends both characters confront their parents about these problems. I think more adult books should talk about parental conflicts like this, because you see it a lot in YA but not really in these sort of settings.
But yeah! Good book, will probably read it again one day.